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NHL Off-Season 2017 |OT| Weve Been Here Since October
- Thread starter Fata1moose
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Look at our results the last 5 years.
I'm already preparing myself for this, plus the Hanzal signing and the hand-waving that will ensue.
I know there's a full summer ahead, but I can't help but think the 2017-18 team is going to be even worse than the 2016-17 team. Ugh.
That's Dopeys train, no thanks.
And? None of their lack of success correlates with his performance. The team hasn't had any secondary scoring for a decade so you want to move one of the leagues best goal scorers when he's at his lowest value?
CosmicQueso
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I'm sure whatever city adopts the Coyotes will treat him well. He's a good pick for the C.
I doubt it, Quebec City folks will be 1000x more ridiculous than Montreal about having a french speaking captain
ElephantShell
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Are we seeing Vegas jerseys at the NHL Awards?
CreeperBlocks
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I thought they were going to be revealed along with the Adidas made Jerseys
ElephantShell
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Oh yeah, i forgot about that. How many teams are expected to actually change their look? I know the Avs are.
I don't think his value will get any higher than it is now, his next contract will make sure of that.
Buba Big Guns
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Ottawa is thank God
hfboards always trying to trade for all of the French players
ElephantShell
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Hope their new one is similar to their third jersey with the stripes and the "O" logo. Always liked that.
Are they? Those little previews that show off 10% of the jersey looked like it's very similar.
EDIT: the Ottawa preview showed the Senator head.
ElephantShell
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Hm, maybe it won't change much. I guess I just assumed that if they're gonna show a preview of it like it's a big deal then they must have changed something.
SNES looks like they're sticking to the sprtan logo, based on the teaser Adidas put out last week.
CreeperBlocks
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So a first and Kulemin?
Damn that's a decent first rounder too
Maybe so. The price is taking on Kulemin's contract AND passing on Josh Bailey or Ryan Strome, so it may be worth it for, what, 14th overall? Maybe there's even more to it than a 1st. Bailey is a good player.
CosmicQueso
Member
you sound like you've given up on life Queso
Stage 5: Acceptance.
I can see the Knights going boom or bust with most of their first rounders especially if they end up with 3 to 5 of them. Would not shock me at all if they were to take a Brannstrom or Liljegren at pick #15 if one of them are still available, and someone else like a Yamamoto or Kostin with another late 1st rounder.
I do understand that guys like Strome, Nelson, and Bailey have value to other teams tho if they wanted to take and flip one of those guys and get an asset or two that way. Especially Strome as a former top 5 pick not all that long ago and that he can play center, sort of?
because they have a reserve list to fill and a development program in place
they need to be able to have sustainable success
They are planning to go the Chicago/Pittsburgh route it seems, minus the decade of painfully sucking.
Stockpile high picks for a couple of years and then ice a team with a generational talent or two in 5-6 years and win a Cup before Taranna.
I don't hate it, but it's just a tired motif even though it works out pretty well for the most part.
For me, I think it's a big part of it isn't really just the logo, but also the lazy jersey design that the team never bothered changing in the last 10 years.
3 first rounders is just the beginning.
Yeah no kidding, although it's the NHL and he's probably afraid of rocking the boat, same reason offer sheets don't get signed. 😴
I get about building their future and filling their prospect cupboards but in terms of value, why the hell would I take a late first rounder to not take a Dumba/Brodin/Strome/Bailey etc when I can take those players and flip them for more picks by trading them to a more desperate team or the other teams rivals.
Makes more sense to sign Doan, don't you think?
I can say this with great certainty but nobody, with few exceptions, has been a better leader in history than Shane Doan
Because if they don't do the trade to get a solid asset, the team (minnesota/nyi/anaheim)may have just dealt the player and vegas gets a lesser asset. Here they get a pick and a lesser asset.
So in value it works out for vegas
This is why it's a good idea to just do a trade even though optically it could look worse, but at least you then give yourself control.
lol, the Kulemin report was updated and now it's saying the player is actually Grabovski
or rather, the report says that as part of the deal, Grabo and a 1st are being traded to Vegas. So maybe Vegas will still select Kulemin as the other part of "the deal".
boy that's a lot of bad money just for a damn mid 1st, if so
or rather, the report says that as part of the deal, Grabo and a 1st are being traded to Vegas. So maybe Vegas will still select Kulemin as the other part of "the deal".
boy that's a lot of bad money just for a damn mid 1st, if so
The hype of that line really hurt the islanders... not realizing that macarthur and kessel were the big reasons for their success
I imagine that Vegas would probably want the Leafs 17th pick for taking on the last year of Lupul's contract... yeah no thanks
ElephantShell
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The Vegas front office team should just set up their table on the stage for the first day of the draft, they'll be up there enough.
Dubbedinenglish
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2 routes for Vegas, try to piecemeal a good team and try to compete or take a lot of flipable assets and run a couple drafts while hurting early and focus on development. IMO smarter thing is take the picks and prospects and build for long term success.
This is the route I would take, but I'm sure Bettman wants the team to be as competitive as possible, as quickly as possible to maintain interest.
Was about to post something similar.
Vegas is being given a chance to, at the very least, be a middling team that either barely makes the playoffs or makes their games interesting enough. But the big thing for them is having a top 10 pick, along with possibly two other picks (and more) in the first round.
They can dick around with what they have and hope the players they draft develop accordingly. The Entry Draft is the bigger deal for them long term.